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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2009
Jason Tyler Griffin, Waterloo, CA;
Todd Andrew Wood, Waterloo, CA;
Mihal Lazaridis, Waterloo, CA;
Shigeharu Furukawa, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Yu Gao, Waterloo, CA;
Steven Robert Grenier, Mississauga, CA;
Joel Paul Steele, Mississauga, CA;
Jason Tyler Griffin, Waterloo, CA;
Todd Andrew Wood, Waterloo, CA;
Mihal Lazaridis, Waterloo, CA;
Shigeharu Furukawa, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Yu Gao, Waterloo, CA;
Steven Robert Grenier, Mississauga, CA;
Joel Paul Steele, Mississauga, CA;
Research In Motion Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Abstract
A method includes displaying one or more selection options on a touch-sensitive display and detecting a hovering touch associated with a first option of the one or more selection options. Information associated with the first option is previewed in a first format in an information field in response to detecting the hovering touch. A selection of one of the one or more selection options is detected, and a function associated with the selected option is performed.